Sabrina Turrin

Sabrina is a mathematics and science teacher passionate about STEM education. Her previous experience includes participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering at McGill University, which resulted in two published research projects related to teaching and assessment in engineering education. Completed 2025, her master’s thesis focused on student embodied spatial reasoning, or how students gestured when reasoning about spatial tasks. Sabrina completed her B.Ed. Science & Technology and M.A. Education & Society (thesis) at McGill University. Outside of her teaching and research career, Sabrina is learning how to ski and enjoys painting and playing board games.

Publications:

Turrin, S., Poulin, K., Saxe, A., Khazaka, R., & Kanaan, M. (2023). Simple And Effective Teaching Strategies for Increasing Graduate Attributes Competency Levels. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA). (link)

Turrin, S., Poulin, K., Saxe, A., Khazaka, R., & Kanaan, M. (2023). Innovative Assessment Strategies for Measuring Graduate Attribute Competencies. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA). (link)